Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Location/Division Specific Information
Would you join a team where knowledge and leadership are appreciated? Join us and develop your skills!
The position:
Manager of Engineering Data Management is a member of the Global EDM team responsible for the analysis, execution, and implementation of Engineering Change requests within the Operation Strategy deployment team supporting the Operations department in the Eindhoven facility.
In this role, you will develop team members and lead projects, actively search for internal process continuous improvement opportunities, be aligned with the Global team, and secure its alignment within the Eindhoven Operation Team.
What will you do:
* Lead the team within the Engineering Data Management group, which may include engineers, designers, and drafters. Focus on professional development by goal setting and providing challenges for further growth, focusing on career planning (successors, critical skills management, leadership skills development).
* Ensure and encourage close collaboration with other Thermo Fisher sites for efficient cross-site alignment.
* Secure alignment in company goals, and focus on open and straightforward communication.
* Manage departmental budget and resources (headcount and flexibility, space).
* Stay close to Operations to understand key processes and be ready to step up and support.
* Ensure proper staffing of the team to provide adequate levels of technical expertise for documentation screening and archiving, conducting engineering changes, and driving design change requests.
* Support the local and global Operations team in its strategy and deliverables.
* Lead improvement projects towards operational excellence and quality, optimizing EDM-related processes and linkage to other departments.
* Support and coordinate approval for outsourcing (part of) Engineering Data Management services.
* Create and complete the Eindhoven EDM department budget in line with Thermo Fisher directions.
* May actively participate in the operational activities of your selected team (e.g., CL/CO role).
* Develop and cultivate close relationships with OCM, R&D, PLM, GTS, Logistics, Procurement, Sustaining Products, Manufacturing, Quality, and Application managers to adequately staff projects and resolve conflicts.
* Initiate and drive Global multi-functional improvement, Innovations, and other Operations projects from inception to completion.
* Ensure that ECO process WIP, cycle time, and other targets are being met for their respective product line. Monitor, control, and deploy performance metrics accordingly.
* Ensure that activities are carried out according to the principle of “Customer focus in all that we do.”
* Other duties as assigned.
The successful candidate should possess the following:
* Management experience (people and/or projects) in a manufacturing, technical support, or service management role in the industry environment.
* Ability to lead and develop technical teams.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in English and Dutch.
* Good communication skills and a desire for further development.
* Must have the ability to acquire a valid passport and travel regionally and internationally as required (up to 25% of working time).
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